Friday, January 11, 2019

'The weirdest bird I've ever seen': Sighting of flamboyant duck brightens birders'
When Christopher Deane first caught a glimpse of the mandarin duck in
the Lower Mainland, he knew it wasn't from around here. The mandarin duck
is native to East Asia, but has made appearances in the Lower Mainland.
Dean spotted one in Stanley Park last year, and in Burnaby just a few
days ago. In fact, recent sightings in Deer Lake Park have prompted
dozens of wildlife and nature photographers to crowd the lake in hopes
of catching a glimpse. Jon Hernadez reports. (CBC)

Deal reached between Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs and RCMP over road access for pipeline company
After three days of talks with the RCMP, the Wet'suwet'en hereditary
chiefs say an agreement has been reached over the enforcement of an
interim injunction order to allow pipeline workers into the nation's
traditional territory. Hereditary​ chiefs met Thursday in Smithers,
B.C., with the RCMP and representatives from Coastal GasLink. They have
agreed to allow the company access to do pre-construction work as
specified in the interim injunction order for the time being, following
arrests on Monday. "We are adamantly opposed to this proposed project
and that will never change, but we are here to ensure the safety of our
people," said Chief Na'Moks who attended Thursday's meeting. Chantelle
Bellrichard reports. (CBC)

NEB wants marine protection program from Trans Mountain pipeline builder
The National Energy Board would require the creation of a marine mammal
protection program for the Trans Mountain pipeline in a series of draft
conditions it has laid out before it considers the project. The focus of
the review is to apply the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act and
the Species at Risk Act to project-related marine shipping, the board
says in the document. The conditions mitigate potential risks to the
environment and protect the public, it says. Releasing these draft
conditions and recommendations is not an indication of the board's
forthcoming recommendation to the federal government to either approve
or deny the project, it says. The board, which has to have its final
recommendations in by Feb. 22, also recommends a number of measures be
taken to offset the increased underwater noise and potential risk posed
by ship strikes of marine mammals including southern resident killer
whales. (Canadian Press)

Southern resident orcas spotted in Central Puget Sound; no news on pregnancies
What a day for orca sightings in Central Puget Sound. The southern
resident K pod got it started Thursday morning, cruising south toward
Vashon Island at about 8:45 a.m. Then transient, or Bigg’s killer
whales, came into view, with the T137s following close behind the Ks.
Finally, much of L pod was also seen. The transients soon headed north;
the two types of killer whales don’t intermingle. “They got out of
there,” said Howard Garrett, of Orca Network. In all, more than 40
whales were seen in a wide swath of Central Puget Sound from Vashon
Island to Point Defiance in Tacoma to Three Tree Point in Burien to
Bainbridge Island, Garrett said....So far there is no confirmation on a
sighting of a baby. Several southern residents were observed to be
pregnant last September but there’s no report yet as to any babies — or
pregnancies lost. Lynda Makes reports. (Seattle Times)

'Random act of foolishness' kills 700,000 chum salmon on Sunshine Coast
The manager of a salmon hatchery north of Vancouver says it will take
years to recover from vandalism that led to the deaths of 700,000 fish.
Shane Dobler, hatchery manager for the Powell River Salmon Society, says
vandals broke into the Duck Lake hatchery in late December. They turned
off valves and removed pipes, which cut water to incubation tanks
filled with newly hatched chum salmon. Dobler says 90 per cent of the
tiny fish were deprived of oxygen and died, and the rest only survived
because they had already been moved to different tanks that still had
some water flow. Dobler believes the vandalism was a "random act of
foolishness." (Canadian Press)

Trump nominates acting EPA head, an ex-coal lobbyist, to run agency
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday nominated acting EPA chief
Andrew Wheeler to run the agency permanently, the White House said,
placing a former energy lobbyist at the helm of the nation’s top
environmental regulator. The widely anticipated nomination provides
Trump another avid supporter of his deregulatory and pro-fossil fuels
agenda, but without the constant criticism over alleged mismanagement
that plagued Wheeler’s predecessor, Scott Pruitt. The decision pleased
Republican lawmakers and industry groups eager for less onerous federal
environmental oversight, but drew criticism from environmental groups
critical of the EPA’s direction under Trump. Lisa Lambert reports.
(Reuters)

Ocean Warming Is Accelerating Faster Than Thought, New Research Finds
Scientists say the world’s oceans are warming far more quickly than
previously thought, a finding with dire implications for climate change
because almost all the excess heat absorbed by the planet ends up stored
in their waters. A new analysis, published Thursday in the journal
Science, found that the oceans are heating up 40 percent faster on
average than a United Nations panel estimated five years ago. The
researchers also concluded that ocean temperatures have broken records
for several straight years. “2018 is going to be the warmest year on
record for the Earth’s oceans,” said Zeke Hausfather, an energy systems
analyst at the independent climate research group Berkeley Earth and an
author of the study. “As 2017 was the warmest year, and 2016 was the
warmest year.” Kendra Pierre-Louis reports. (NY Times)

Federal agency trims timeline for court-ordered review of Columbia River dams
The Army Corps of Engineers has trimmed a year off the timeline for its
court-ordered environmental review of the 14 dams and reservoirs in the
Columbia River system. The agency is now aiming to sign off on a
decision for how to manage the system and its impacts on endangered
salmon by the end of September 2020. The environmental impact statement
(EIS) for the Columbia River system is underway because of lawsuits
filed by environmental groups, who say the facilities for hydropower,
irrigation, navigation and flood control are harming endangered salmon
and orcas. Bellamy Paithorp and Kari Plog report. (KNKX)

The Dzawada’enuxw First Nation files lawsuit against Canada on fish farms dispute
Dzawada'enuxw First Nation community members, including matriarchs,
elected and traditional leaders, and artists, were in Vancouver Thursday
to announce their decision to sue the Government of Canada. The First
Nation, from Kingcome Inlet, B.C., filed a statement of claim in federal
court in Vancouver on Thursday, arguing the federal government
authorized licenses for fish farms operating in their waters, without
their consultation or consent. The claim says the fish farm operations
pollute and poison wild salmon and infringe on the nation's
constitutionally protected rights. Their case is the first ever
rights-based challenge to the federal licensing process that fish farm
companies rely on to operate along the coast of B.C. (National Observer)

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